Manager - Supply Chain Analytics

at  Boeing

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Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) is looking for an action-oriented leader to Manager (Level K) our Supply Chain Analytics team as a part of the Data Analytics & Digital Integration (DA&DI) organization located in Berkeley, MO or Ridley Park, PA.
As the first line manager, you will lead the team responsible for the development and support of several digital tools within BDS Supply Chain. These digital tools are responsible for providing analytics reports that support our internal supply chain stakeholders with actionable insights to make decisions to run the business. The development of new capabilities within these tools is a key responsibility of this role.
Supporting the strategic execution of our existing tools is one aspect of the role. You will be diving “down-and-in” with the team to solve technical problems as well as understand the foundational impact of major technical decisions as we continue to evolve our data and application ecosystem. In addition, you’ll support “up-and-out” partnering with other senior leaders across organizations to ensure we are focused on the right things for transforming our supply chain execution. The team operates in an agile framework to meet our customer commitments with the highest quality, so bringing in agile experience and expertise is a key component to success.
Another aspect of the role will be to expand the teams’ current view to bring in new capabilities of advanced analytics with predictive capabilities into the team’s work products. Aligning our data sources to support machine learning application development which will ensure the appropriate technologies to advance the supply chain capabilities to prevent issues from occurring before they happen.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g. computer science, engineering, statistics, operations research, information systems, or similar quantitative fields)
• Experience in end to end Supply Chain processes
• 5+ years of experience with modern programming and scripting languages such as C++, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Visual Basic
• Experience in handling data and systems involving machine learning/predictive analytics
• Experience leading an Agile team using Agile methodologies
• Experience leading customer facing teams in a formal role (Manager or Team Lead)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Master’s degree or higher in quantitative field (e.g. computer science, engineering, statistics, operations research, information systems, or similar quantitative fields)
• Experience with a data architectural transition from data warehouse to data lakehouse
• Experience with attracting, developing, and challenging world class developers with a passion to drive excellence in application development
• Demonstrated track record of innovation / understanding Industry Trends & Best Practices – Possesses a thought leadership on industry trends impacting application development, software architecture, data analytics and machine learning
• Experience leading a virtual team across multiple time zones, including international teams

• Drives the design, development, and deployment of customer-facing products and services (specifically for supporting BDS Supply Chain)
• Develops and maintains relationships with key leaders in Supply Chain and other business functions to define and execute the long-term strategy and near-term roadmap for the Defense Business Unit
• Manages team members supporting the development of supply chain analytics solutions
• Develops and executes integrated organizational plans, policies and procedures and guides the development of business and technical strategies, goals, objectives
• Acquires resources for organizational activities, provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements
• Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports
• Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products, and processes
• Leads and supports creation of technology strategy for the assigned portfolio including architectural definitions that are in alignment with portfolio requirement and growth strategy
• Understands the larger business climate within the group, our customers, and our industry and successfully translates that to our team members for understanding and action
• Empowers and drives team accountability to make decisions and supports the team in raising awareness of dependencies and issues
• Promotes best practices that enable the development of high-quality software
• Promotes best practices that enable rapid application development
• Promotes best practices in agile software development
• Supports diversity and inclusion by encouraging diversity of thought by creating Seek, Speak and Listen culture
• Supports, encourages, and creates the space for innovative thinking and actions
• Mentors team members and other leaders and encourages continuous learning